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With broad, flat bodies and small heads, the cockroach's durability [#permalink] New post   25 Apr 2017, 23:34
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With broad, flat bodies and small heads, the cockroach's durability is to the insect world what the honey badger is to that of the mustelids.


A)the cockroach's durability is to the insect world what

B)the cockroach's durability is to the insect world like

C)the cockroach's durability is to the insect world just as

D)the durable cockroach is to the insect world similar to what

E)the durable cockroach is to the insect world what
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Re: With broad, flat bodies and small heads, the cockroach's durability [#permalink] New post   26 Apr 2017, 18:48
what is wrong with D?

Is there an idiom we have to follow?
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Re: With broad, flat bodies and small heads, the cockroach's durability [#permalink] New post   26 Apr 2017, 19:24
Similar to is redundant when already what x to y form is present


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Re: With broad, flat bodies and small heads, the cockroach's durability [#permalink] New post   26 Apr 2017, 20:10
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what is wrong with D?

Is there an idiom we have to follow?



RK84 is right
D looks pretty wordy compared TO E
"Similar to"---> redundant

"The durable cockroach" is to the insect world what the " honey badger "is to that of the mustelids.
-----------X-----------is to A what -------------------------Y is to B
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Re: With broad, flat bodies and small heads, the cockroach's durability [#permalink] New post   26 Apr 2017, 21:49
VyshakhR1995 wrote:
With broad, flat bodies and small heads, the cockroach's durability is to the insect world what the honey badger is to that of the mustelids.


A)the cockroach's durability is to the insect world what

B)the cockroach's durability is to the insect world like

C)the cockroach's durability is to the insect world just as

D)the durable cockroach is to the insect world similar to what

E)the durable cockroach is to the insect world what


A,B,C is clearly wrong.
idiom is x is to A what Y is to B
E wins here ...
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Re: With broad, flat bodies and small heads, the cockroach's durability [#permalink] New post   31 Aug 2019, 06:55
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With broad, flat bodies and small heads, the cockroach's durability is to the insect world what the honey badger is to that of the mustelids.


A)the cockroach's durability is to the insect world what

B)the cockroach's durability is to the insect world like

C)the cockroach's durability is to the insect world just as

D)the durable cockroach is to the insect world similar to what

E)the durable cockroach is to the insect world what


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Creating a filter: The beginning of the sentence attacks us with a modification error. The noun that comes after the comma after "heads" is "durability," so the grammar of the sentence conveys that durability is what has broad, flat, heads.

Applying the filter, we look for the answer choices that dispel the problem, and those are (D) and (E). Choice (D) has a redundant construction with the word "similar," because the phrase "is to" has already set up a comparison.

The correct answer is (E)

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